[1] The museum also owns 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) of low-impact nature trails in its Theodore Fouriezos Wetlands Park.

[2] The museum is located on the authentic Hudson's Bay Company trading post site on the west bank of the Sturgeon River, about 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) from Lake Nipissing.

The original planning committee included the now amalgamated Township of Springer, the Town of Cache Bay, and Sturgeon Falls Secondary School, along with support of the Governments of Ontario and Canada.

1980 to 1990 : The Township of Springer formed an advisory Museum Committee, in order to oversee the general management of the site, and to concentrate on building a collection.

[3] In 1986, a small administration building was built on the site in order to better manage the museum, it was renovated two years later in 1988 to include its first exhibit room and an accessible entrance.

The parcel adjoins local crown land, and is composed mostly of wetlands and contains an important cranberrybog.

2000 to 2002: Ready for the re-opening in June 2000, the museum's permanent exhibit on the fur trade and local furbearers was opened.